Candy-cabinet



UNITED STATES `PATENT OFFrcE.

HENRY H. HERSHEY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CANDY-CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 238,901, dated March 15,1881.

Application filed November 6, 1880.

To all whom it 'may concern Be it known that I, HENRY H. HERSHEY, acitizen of the United States, residing in the city and county ofPhiladelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Candy-Cabinets; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and accurate description of the same,sufficient to enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of thisspecitication, wherein- Figure lisa front elevation of my improvedcandy-cabinet. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same.Fig. 3 is a broken y plan, showing two cabinets coupled together.

Fig. 4 is a detail vertical section of one of theexhibition-compartments; and Figs. 5 and 6 are broken detail sections ofthe coupling devices.

My invention has for its object to provide a cabinet or case for thedisplay of samples of candy or other wares, and for the reception ofsupplies correspondent to the samples displayed.

My invention consists in the combination with the case, having a frontwall with openings therein, of transparent-faced shells fitted therein;also in the special construction and arrangement of parts, ashereinafter described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A

indicates a cabinet embodying my invention.

Said cabinet has two sides, a a, and a top and bottom, a and a2,respectively. 1t has a front wall, a3, but its back is open. The frontwall, a3, has a series of openings, a, which are arranged in verticalranks and horizontal lines, as shown. In each of these openings isfitted a shell, B, of any suitable material, preferably of metal,withatransparent face, b. Said face iis detachable, or fitted so -as to heopened or removed whenever required to obtain access to the interior ofsaid shell. By preference the latter is formed with an annular groove,b', into which is sprung a wire or cut ring, b2, which tits over theglass face b and holds the latter in position against the shoulder b3;but any other suitable style of fastening for the glass faces may beemployed, and the shells B may beof' any other than the circular shape(No model.)

shown in the drawings-for example, square, hexagonal, octagonal, oroval.

G C are shelves sustained on the walls a a., and in or aboutin planewith the lowest points of the openings a4 a4, as shown.

D D are drawers, which restupon the shelves C C and correspond in numberwith openings a4 c4, registering, therefore, with the shells B B, therebeing one drawer for each shell; or pasteboard boxes, such as are ormay-be used for the transporta-tion of candies, may he substituted forthe drawers D.

The shells B form the exhibition-compart ments Bl of the cabinet, andare designed to receive samples of the candies or other wares displayed,while stock corresponding thereto, and from which purchasers will besupplied, is to be kept in the drawers D. A purchaser can thus seespecimens of the entire stock from which to make selection, while thesamples displayed are secured against handling, intrusion ot' dust,insects, Src. A selection having been made, a supply correspondingthereto can be obtained from the drawers, which, being kept usuallyclosed, and being accessible only from behind the cabinet, are notliable to the intrusion which renders a display of stock openly subjectto so many objections on the part of the dealers, and renders them.liable to serious losses and inconveniences.

To provide for an extension ofthe size of the cabinet when an increaseof trade or in the variety of the stock displayed renders the samedesirable, the structures are formed with slides E E,which movein planesparallel with thefront of the same. These slides have longitudinal slotse e, through which pass into the top screws c e', which serve as guidesto audlimiting-stops for the same. Each slide is also formed with anundercut groove, chat either end. Springcatches F are also affixed tothe tops a et', in such position that when two cabinets are broughtclose up side by side, the slides being moved outwardly will press downthe catches and causethe latter to enter the grooves c2, and therebyeffect a coupling or connection. Two or more cabinets may inV thismanner be so coupled or connected as to present the appearance of asingle case or. piece of furniture or fixture.

Having described my invention, what I IOO ranks, shelves C,and slidingdrawers or boxes registering with said exhibition-compartments,substantially asashown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I I5 have hereunto set my handthis 5th day of November, 1880.

HENRY H. HERSHEY.

Witnesses:

MILTON S. HERsHEY, GHAs. F. VAN HORN.

